Diesel Horns...which one?

Paul:  Different railroads specified different air horns on their engines.  E or F units were usually just a a raucous, single tone air horn.  They originally had two on most or their roofs, but under most circumstances the engineer only blew the forward facing horn.  You'll see many photos of cab interiors where two pull cords are hanging above the engineer's stand.  When the Geeps started to appear, they also came with single note air horns, but shortly "chime" horns made their appearance and were more accepted.

See the discussion on the MILW road groups site.  We were just discussing the use of air horns on steam engines, particularly the "Speedliner" streamlined Milwaukee Road engines.  On a number of them, they used both a steam whistle as well as an air horn.

Paul Fischer

The Electric Railroad Site has Sound clouds for the Railsound offerings both diesel and steam.  You can explore the sound on the site.

Click on Purchase, and then Railsound Commander Products.

In the Sound clouds are the Horn sounds.

I've always been partial to the one with lots and lots of reverb that Lionel came up with.

I heard it first on the 2000 NYC Alco PA. It's also used on my PRR RS3. I'm sure it was used on many others also.

Jim

Well, I think I may be living your childhood life here in Troy ,New York. At about 2 AM the Canadian Pacific and CSX train start blowing their horns as they go through the cities on the other side of the Hudson river from me. I live on a hill overlooking the Hudson and get to hear all the train sounds throughout the night.

i'm not complaining and I think that MTH trains have horns that are similar to what I hear at night.

Fred

I think just about every diesel horn ever made can be heard here.

Enjoy..

Joe

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